Best Foot Forward
6.4
“Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Honey of a Musical”
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
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Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Known for
I Love Lucy
Yours, Mine and Ours
William Gaxton
Jack O'Riley
Also in
It's the Old Army Game
The Heat's On
Virginia Weidler
Helen Schlesinger
Known for
The Philadelphia Story
The Women
Tommy Dix
Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Nancy Walker
Nancy - Blind Date
Known for
Murder by Death
June Allyson
Ethel
Known for
Little Women
The Glenn Miller Story
Kenny Bowers
Dutch Miller
Also in
I'll Be Seeing You
Broadway Rhythm
Gloria DeHaven
Minerva Fierce
Known for
Out to Sea
The Thin Man Goes Home
Jack Jordan
Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt
Also in
Thru Different Eyes
Chill Wills
Chester Short
Known for
Giant
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Henry O'Neill
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Known for
The Reckless Moment
Jezebel
Sara Haden
Miss Talbert
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
She-Wolf of London
Edward Buzzell Director · Irving Brecher Screenplay Fred F. Finklehoffe Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.7M · Budget $1.2M · United States release October 8, 1943
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Budget
$1,162,000
Worldwide gross
$2,704,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 8, 1943
Theatrical
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